The 9th International Chess Tournament “Nana Aleksandria’s Cup – 2014″ is taking place from 12th to 20th July, 2014, in Poti, a port city in Georgia, situated on the eastern Black Sea coast. The event is organized by Local Management of Poti, Georgian Chess Federation and Chess and Draughts complex sport school of Poti “Nana” with media support [...]

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The 8th edition of Leiden Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-20th July, 2014, in Leiden, a city in the Dutch province of South Holland. The event is organized by the Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mind sports, in a 9 round Swiss format. The first prize is in the amount of 1750 €. 84 participant take [...]

The 9th Mediterranean Men & Women’s Chess Championships 2014 will be held from 2-10th September at the Atlantica Caldera Creta Paradise Hotel in Chania, Crete, Greece. The tournament is being sponsored by Kydon Sports Club and Krommydakis Group of Companies, and co-organized by Mediterranean Chess Association, Region of Crete and Municipality of Platanias. Participants: One [...]

The 4th Lev Polugaevsky Memorial was held on 2–10th July at the Polugaevsky Chess Club in Samara. The tournament is the 5th stage of this year’s Cup of Russia. 130 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event with the prize fund of 600,000 rubles (around 12,800 EUR). Grandmasters Sanan Sjugirov and Aleksey Goganov shared the [...]

The 24th Heart of Finland Chess Tournament 2014 is in progress at the Harju building of Jyväskylä College, in the city of Jyväskylä, situated in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. The 9-round Swiss is led by Estonian champion GM Kaido Kulaots and Russians GM Evgeny Gleizerov, IM Vadim Moiseenko and GM Mikhail Ulibin on [...]

After a lot of hard work I’ve finally opened my Tiger Chess site to the public, rather than just my students. It’s been my goal for quite a while to create a site which integrated my articles, video instruction, book and software recommendations and offers an online booking system to students. I’ve also wanted to […]

Belgian Individual Men Chess Championship 2014 is taking place from 5th to 13th July, 2014, at the Hotel Charleroi Airport in the city of Charleroi, the fifth most populous city in Belgium. The event is a 10-player round robin valid for FIDE rating and norms. IM Mher Hovhannisyan leads with 4,5/5, a full point ahead of the [...]

The 37th Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2014, incorporating the Aegean Open Championship 2014, will take place on 12-20th July in Aghios Kirykos at the beautiful island of Ikaria, Greece. First seed is 2012 winner GM Peter Prohaszka (Hungary). There will be a live broadcast of 10 games of every round. Stay tuned for info and updates [...]

The 6th Rethymno International Chess Tournament is taking place from 12th to 19th July, 2014, at the Municipal House of Culture, in the city of Rethymno on island Crete, Greece. The event is a 9 round Swiss, valid for FIDE title norms. The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes [...]

The 6th Rethymno International Chess Tournament is taking place from 12th to 19th July, 2014, at the Municipal House of Culture, in the city of Rethymno on island Crete, Greece. The event is a 9 round Swiss, valid for FIDE title norms. Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta is top seeded. More information here / Official website

The 47th Biel Chess Festival “In Memoriam Hans Suri” is held from 12th to 25th July, 2014, in Biel/ Bienne, a town in Switzerland. The tournament will be played in a double round robin format with the strong participation of: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2766, Anish Giri NED 2750, Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL 2733, Pentala Harikrishna IND 2726, Alexander Motylev 2698...

The 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2014 is held on 12-20th July as an 8-player round robin tournament. The event is organized by the City of Dortmund and the German Chess Federation. The playing venue is Orchesterzentrum NRW, Brückstraße 47, Dortmund, Germany. The field includes Fabiano Caruana ITA 2789, Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2777, Michael Adams ENG 2743, Peter Leko HUN...

The 9th International Chess Tournament “Nana Aleksandria’s Cup – 2014″ is taking place from 12th to 20th July, 2014, in Poti, a port city in Georgia, situated on the eastern Black Sea coast. The event is organized by Local Management of Poti, Georgian Chess Federation and Chess and Draughts complex sport school of Poti “Nana” with media support [...]

I don't watch much blitz online, but I took a few minutes earlier this afternoon to see some big guns slugging it out on (the) ICC. You can find one of the games I saw and replay it here, and my recommendation is to avoid looking at the notes until you get to the position after 24.Rac1 Nf4. Take a moment or two trying to work things out and look for tricks. It's nothing heavy; just a little...